Wounded Israeli soldiers crowd into hospital

The largest medical center in the south of Israel, Soroka has been tending to crowds of wounded troops from the battlefield, according to Haaretz.

Prof. Jochanan Peiser, deputy director general of Soroka, tells reporters that 32 casualties of the latest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian resistance groups were being treated at the hospital, three of them in critical condition.

Director of the intensive care unit, Moti Klein has admitted that certain things are different in this latest round of fighting. “First of all, the wounded are coming in with greater frequency. Secondly, we’re seeing different types of wounds. Hardly any chest and stomach injuries, like we used to. The army has learned from the past and they provide good protection for that now. What we’re seeing more of now are eye injuries and head injuries in the parts of the head that aren’t covered by helmets,” he told a ministerial delegation.

Just as Klein is briefing the delegation, another military helicopter lands on the lawn outside reserved for this purpose, bringing in the latest casualties from the battlefield.

“Many of our doctors are now serving in reserve duty in Gaza,” he tells Steinitz, “and they’re the ones who end up accompanying the wounded soldiers back here.”